imitation is the sincerest form of annoyance.

imitation (n) -the performance of the act whose stimulus is the observation of the act performed by another person.

in lamen's terms: copying someone else.

related topics: followers, wanna-be's, copycats, stooges.

life. it's a pretty broad topic don't you think? God has given all of us life to do what we please with it. make it our own. express ourselves. show who we really are.

now here's the confusing part. why on earth people are going to revolve their lives around what others do. i mean, what's in it for you? you get to claim that you and this person have the same interests? things in common?

what about the fact it's all a lie? it's not you. saying that you love a certain band, type of music, color, subject, whatever, isn't going to make people like you more and isn't going to get you anywhere except a world of confusion when someone asks you the question "who are you?".

if you don't really like a band, don't say you love them because someone else does; because you don't. if you have a different favorite color as someone else, don't say that they have that in common; because you don't. if you like a certain genre of music and someone else likes a different one, dont say you're into that music too; because you aren't.

when someone makes up a phrase, don't say it excessively like it was the pure creation of your mind. when two people make up something to call each other, don't take it and use it.

odds are in all of these scenarios the person you are stealing from likes that thing or made that phrase up because it's who they are. it's them expressing themselves.

people who imitate and copy others make it very hard for the people they're stealing from to be themselves. how can you honestly stand up and say "i love (insert thing here)" if someone else is going to just say "yeah me too!" and try to get closer to you that way?

you're living a lie. it's not you're life. it's not YOU.

so knock it off. i myself am not saying i've never done this, but i have recently noticed that everyone needs to stop. USE YOUR BRAINS. DON'T STEAL FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S.

people respect you when you're being yourself. people HATE YOU when you copy them.

stop being such a wanna-be for crying out loud and get some creative thought. no one likes it when you steal from them, and no one likes YOU when you steal from them. so stop.